I know there have to be others on these boards... I find myself wanting to like a status or quote someone, but then I see it... A big ole misspelling, wrong form of a word or improper syntax. Anyone else?

I'm not referring to favour/favor or theater/theatre.

Your, you'reThere, their, they'resense, sinceWhose, who'sLose, looseAffect, effectdefinitely (THERE IS definitely NO A in definitely)Weather, whetherThan, thenThrough, threwto, tooIt's, its (this one I sometimes chalk up to the lack of laziness.. which I am sometimes guilty of)

::rant over::

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Life's too short . . . and plenty of poor spellers are fucking brilliant in other ways. Yes, errors do stick out. Yes, one sometimes one compulsively longs to edit. And when spelling or grammar is poor enough, sure--it sometimes limits someone's ability to be easily understood, or taken seriously in the business world, but making too much of it is like being one of those Burnier-Than-Thou folk who say "Where's your costume?" to a Burner in khaki who may very well have just finished building the @#$% Temple or come off of a 12-hour volunteer shift.

With friends posts I sometimes see a minor error (maybe 'autocorrect' changed a word, the added extra s or d on the the end that doesn't belong or abbreviating incorrect although that almost doesn't apply thanks to SMS)... Using in and on in the wrong context hurts a little as well.

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9ah, I am a grammar Nazi as well. I understand the frustration of trying to decipher an individual's post on here, FB, tumblr, literotica, reddit, or any other public forum. An occasional, minor spelling or grammatical error I can deal with, but when it looks as though a kindergarten-aged child has written the post, I'll be honest, I stop reading. I don't give a fuck how great their point is, if they don't care enough to express it in proper English, I don't care enough to read it.

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OMG ! Savannah say something again!Well I am the doctor here and you need to go to the hospital and rethink who our world is now2/3 other countries are our popmy finishing school and post grad would say go help instead of blasting whoops sorry you got me angry but really take another think about it all dear BURNER.

Everyone makes occasional typos or grammatical errors, especially in the age of autocorrect. Tweetspeak and txt-speak sort of have their place in texting and on Twitter because there's only so much room to get the message across. But habitual misspellings and bad grammar suggest that the author is either ignorant (and doesn't know any better), lacks attention to detail, or just doesn't care. Sometimes how a person says something tells you just as much (if not more) about them than what it is they're saying. I agree with Savannah though. I do notice it, but life's too short to make a big deal about it.

unjohn has got to have some of the worst spelling and grammar on this board. Sometimes I have to almost grit my teeth to keep from correcting him.Now... let's see.Grew up in the 30s or 40, spending some of that time at a scarey orphanage. Was subjected to abuse... Adds a very different perspective on a lot of questions. I'd look like a nasty snot if I started correcting him.

Yeah, I know, I am the official grammarnazi czar for the board. It's a sad little thing to be, actually. And at times, very very wrong.

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My mom was a college english literature professor. She believed that people who read a lot are the ones who have the best ability to use correct grammar, spelling and syntax. She was very fond, however, of pointing out that authors should use whatever best communicates their idea - even (and maybe especially) when it breaks the rules.

I don't got bat shit crazy when I see it continually and I usually don't mention it unless it's an error than can make someone misconstrue the message (and that'd be via a offline message).... It's not life altering, just wondering who else had a similar 'pet peeve,'... Some do and some don't, I won't cry about it.

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9ah wrote:I don't got bat shit crazy when I see it continually and I usually don't mention it unless it's an error than can make someone misconstrue the message (and that'd be via a offline message).... It's not life altering, just wondering who else had a similar 'pet peeve,'... Some do and some don't, I won't cry about it.

The spelling mistake that really steams my clams is: "lose" spelled as "loose". Sure, I can understand why people make the mistake, but I still hate it, even if I usually won't bother correcting it. I remember even seeing that mistake in some paper out of Harvard. Argh!

One spelling correction I will make: when someone spells "segue" as "segway". The former is a smooth transition; the latter is the branded name of a two-wheeled, motorized, personal vehicle. I remember correcting a friend on that. He was so shocked and pissed at himself for spelling it that way for such a long time.

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9ah wrote:I don't got bat shit crazy when I see it continually and I usually don't mention it unless it's an error than can make someone misconstrue the message (and that'd be via a offline message).... It's not life altering, just wondering who else had a similar 'pet peeve,'... Some do and some don't, I won't cry about it.

Exactly!! [Next time I will have to check my message before posting!]

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their are many rules to gramma youll notice, some could be pined down to spelling others to the english being obsevilly anal about doing it the rite way. personaly as has been pointed out if you can read it, why get stressed about it, there are enuogh things that need to be worried about withtout worrying that someone is breaking some arbitary rule some spinster made you learn when you didnt know about sex. besides you prolly dint wanna learn it then.

now text speak is totally different matter, that is gibberish often

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